On the Masses of the Secondary Stars in CVs

S. B. Howell

On the Masses of the Secondary Stars in CVs

Astrophysics 2007-05-23 v1

Authors: S. B. Howell

Abstract

Recent theoretical efforts have made predictions for the masses of the secondary stars in cataclysmic variables. Accurate observational determinations for M $_2$ are sparse and typically have uncertainties near $\pm$ 0.1M $_{\odot}$ . How well do theory and observation agree?

Keywords

cataclysmic variables stellar masses secondary stars observational astronomy theoretical models

Cite

@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0109440,
  title  = {On the Masses of the Secondary Stars in CVs},
  author = {S. B. Howell},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0109440},
  year   = {2007}
}

Comments

To appear in the proceedings of The Physics of Cataclysmic Variables and Related Objects, Goettingen, Germany

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